The Just Recovery Alliance

In the wake of the terrible firestorm that hit Sonoma County in October of 2017, North Bay Jobs with Justice quickly mobilized community, environmental, housing and labor organizations to meet and form the Alliance for a Just, Equitable and Sustainable Recovery (Just Recovery Alliance for short). The Just Recovery Alliance meets the first Thursday of every month to review current issues facing our community in regards to the rebuild, and has been working since November of 2017 to put together a policy platform with which individuals and organizations can use to help ensure our community recovers not just for some but for all.

So what IS a Just, Equitable and Sustainable Recovery?

Our Alliance believes that a truly just recovery from any natural disaster requires a holistic approach, and that:

Structural issues of inequality, climate crisis, and racial and environmental justice are part of the recovery and rebuilding process;

The most impacted community must have a meaningful voice at the table of all decisions made;

All recovery and rebuilding processes are transparent, inclusive, and create economic opportunity for low-income communities and eliminate environmental disparities across communities;

Combine our strengths as independent organizations, groups, places of worship, and labor unions to touch on four major areas of recovery and rebuilding: Good Jobs, Affordable Housing, Sustainable Energy and Green Construction, and Community Engagement/Democratic planning.